Submarine cable operations in progress until 31 mar by vessel vicinity of tracklines joining: a. 31-28.8N…
Eastern China Sea · HYDROPAC 290/01
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2001-04-01 00:00Z
This notice comes from the historical archive. Its archived status does not establish when or how the reported situation ended.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · NAVAREA XI 98/01 210808Z FEB 01; MENAS 16/01 E-MAIL 21 FEB; JRCC STAVANGER IOR EGC #1459 210815Z FEB 01; RCC AUSTRALIA POR EGC #48308 210817Z FEB 01. Issued 2001-02-21 11:10Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:38Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:46Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- Eastern China Sea. The map shows the reported line or operation extent; it is not a vessel track. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Submarine cable operations 16 thru 23 feb by M/V kdd ocean link in area between 30-30N 30-38N and 125-00E…cancelled by this notice
- Bahrain buoy 26-33.1N 051-03.5E missingcancelled by this notice
- 2 meter S/V hunny bear of hayling, green hull, two persons on board, overdue sri lanka to djibouticancelled by this notice
- Seven meter barge adrift vicinity hardy reef (19-45S 149-15E) at 201100Z febcancelled by this notice
- Derelict 40 foot M/V, white hull, partially submerged and adrift vicinity 13-25N 100-24W at 171800Z febcancelled by this notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Eastern China Sea →
- issued
- 2001-02-21 11:10Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 98/01 210808Z FEB 01; MENAS 16/01 E-MAIL 21 FEB; JRCC STAVANGER IOR EGC #1459 210815Z FEB 01; RCC AUSTRALIA POR EGC #48308 210817Z FEB 01
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Eastern China Sea
- position
- 31.230, 123.228
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. SUBMARINE CABLE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL 31 MAR
BY VESSEL VICINITY OF TRACKLINES JOINING:
A. 31-28.8N 122-32.0E, 31-28.3N 123-02.2E,
31-11.4N 123-28.0E, 30-50.7N 123-55.4E.
B. 31-22.9N 122-32.0E, 31-22.9N 123-00.0E,
31-07.4N 123-23.9E, 30-47.4N 123-45.7E.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 273/01(62), AID RESTORED.
3. CANCEL HYDROPAC 276/01(61,62,63), VESSEL LOCATED SAFE.
4. CANCEL HYDROPAC 248/01, 283/01(74) AND 285/01(21).
5. CANCEL THIS MSG 01 APR.
Reading this warning
- Cable operations
- A ship is laying, burying or repairing a submarine cable, usually along a stated route.
- Track line joining
- Introduces a route through a series of positions — a cable route, a tow's track or a survey line.
- Position (degrees and minutes)
- How warnings write positions: degrees, a hyphen, then minutes, with N/S and E/W — 49-40.8N 003-43.8W.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROPAC
- The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work
124 within 180 nm since 1998 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now
Counts include repeat notices about the same situation. NGA archive coverage ends 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. The period between them is incomplete. An empty year is not evidence that no hazards occurred.
- Cable operations in progress until 06 jun by cableship peter faber in area bound by 33-48.60N 124-37.20E,…2023-05-27
- Cable operations 24 thru 30 may, alternate 31 may thru 02 jun by cableship kddi ocean link in area bound by…2023-05-23
- Cable operations 18 thru 23 nov, alternate 24 thru 29 nov by cableship fu hai along trackline joining…2021-11-17
- Cable operations 10 thru 15 nov, alternate 16 thru 21 nov by cableship fu hai along trackline joining…2021-11-09
- Cable operations 03 thru 10 nov, alternate 11 thru 16 nov by cableship fu hai in area bound by 29-53.5N…2021-11-01
- Cable operations 19 thru 23, alternate 24 thru 30 oct by cableship fu hai in area bound by 30-22.7N…2021-10-18
Month of issue in the collected archive
All available years combined. Uneven collection and repeat bulletins affect these counts; this chart does not measure the seasonality or probability of incidents.
Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm
- Large buoy reported to exist in 31-00N 124-00EWrecks · 42 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
23 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 17:40Z; source collection times vary.
Cable ops
Cable laying, pipeline and seismic operations. All current cable & pipeline work →
Not for navigation. This is a re-rendering of an official navigational warning for awareness; mariners must use official NAVAREA broadcasts and their national MSI service.